prediction

noun

pre·​dic·​tion pri-ˈdik-shən 

1

: an act of predicting

2

: something that is predicted : forecast

Synonyms of prediction

• predicting
• forecast
• forecasting
• prophecy

Examples of prediction in a Sentence

Journalists have begun making predictions about the winner of the coming election.

Despite predictions that the store would fail, it has done very well.

The figures and statistics are used for the prediction of future economic trends.

Recent Examples on the Web

DraftKings' platform grows 'faster than expected' DraftKings' CEO Jason Robins said the company's prediction market platform is growing at a booming pace, having launched in December 2025. — Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026

Those open questions do not make DeepMind’s decision surprising to Debora Marks, a computational biologist at Harvard Medical School, whose group pioneered approaches to protein prediction that helped lay the groundwork for AlphaFold. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026

An independent financial economist has partnered with Kalshi on a new AI tool on top of the prediction-market exchange that aims to help small businesses hedge against everything from bad weather to election shocks—without hiring a Wall Street bank. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026

Kalshi was the first prediction market firm known to develop such a strategy, as Sportico has reported, doing so through KalshiEX (the exchange) and Kalshi Trading (the affiliate). — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1561, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for prediction

• addiction
• affliction
• constriction
• conviction
• depiction
• eviction
• infliction
• nonfiction
• restriction
• antifriction
• benediction
• contradiction

Kids Definition

prediction

noun

pre·​dic·​tion pri-ˈdik-shən 

1

: an act of predicting

2

: something predicted : forecast

a prediction that there would be an earthquake

predictive

-ˈdik-tiv

adjective